The Blue Valley Tigers will square off against the Saint Thomas Aquinas Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Blue Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kansas' top teams: Washburn Rural, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Blue Valley was ranked first). Blue Valley took their matchup at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 34-7 win over Washburn Rural. 34 seems to be a good number for the Tigers as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Blue Valley got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Christopher Aiello out in front who threw for 217 yards and three touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Aiello has posted since back in October of 2023. Grant Westphal was another key pass catcher, picking up 96 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Saint Thomas Aquinas entered their tilt with St. James Academy on Friday with six consecutive wins dating back to last season but they'll enter their next game with seven. They were the clear victor by a 28-7 margin over the Thunder.
The victory made it two in a row for Blue Valley and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Saint Thomas Aquinas, their win bumped their record up to an identical 2-0.
Blue Valley couldn't quite finish off Saint Thomas Aquinas in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 and fell 10-7. Can Blue Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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